1 Samuel 20:24 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁴So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

1 Samuel 20:24 —

Old words in this verse

meat: — food of any kind.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 1:11-15
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. …
Psalms 50:16-21
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? …
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Proverbs 21:3
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 24-34)

Jonathan is here effectually convinced of that which he was so loth to believe, that his father had an implacable enmity to David, and would certainly be the death of him if it were in his power; and he had like to have paid very dearly himself for the conviction. I. David is missed from the feast on the first day, but nothing is said of him. The king sat upon his seat, to feast upon the peace-off…